Editing Fish and chips (section)

==Vendors==
{{Main|Fish and chip shop}}
[[File:Mobile Fish and Chips.JPG|thumb|A mobile fish and chip vendor]]
[[File:Fish & Chip Routemaster (2).jpg|thumb|[[AEC Routemaster]] (classic London double-decker bus) converted into a mobile "[[Mobile catering|chip van]]". Conventional vans are often used to sell fish and chips.]]
In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, fish and chips are usually sold by independent restaurants and [[take-away]]s known as [[fish and chip shop]]s. Outlets range from small affairs to chain restaurants. Locally owned seafood restaurants are also popular in many places, as are mobile "[[Mobile catering|chip van]]s".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mobilecateringuk.co.uk/how-to-start-up-mobile-catering-business.htm |title=Starting a Mobile Catering Business in UK |publisher=Mobilecateringuk.co.uk |access-date=16 October 2012 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126014516/http://www.mobilecateringuk.co.uk/how-to-start-up-mobile-catering-business.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Canada, the outlets may be referred to as "chip wagons". 

In Ireland, the majority of traditional vendors are migrants or the descendants of migrants from southern Italy. A trade organisation exists to represent this tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itica.ie/ |title=ITICA - Irish Traditional Italian Chipper Association, chippers in Ireland, Irish chippers, Fish and Chip Day — ITICA |publisher=Itica.ie |access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> In New Zealand and Australia, fish-and-chip vendors are a popular business and source of income among the Asian community, particularly Chinese migrants.<ref>{{cite book|last=Swillingham|first=Guy|title=Shop Horror|publisher=Fourth Estate|location=London|year=2005|isbn=0-00-719813-2}}</ref> In Indonesia, fish and chips are commonly found in western and seafood restaurants in large cities, as well as chain restaurants like The Manhattan Fish Market, Fish & Chips, etc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jakarta Eats: Fish n Chips Shop |publisher=Diplomatic wife |url=http://thediplomaticwife.com/blog/2010/11/02/fish-chips-shop-kemang/ |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=30 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415000519/http://thediplomaticwife.com/blog/2010/11/02/fish-chips-shop-kemang/ |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref>

Many British establishments have humorous or [[pun]]-based names, such as, "A Salt and Battery", "The Codfather", "The Frying Scotsman", "Oh My Cod", "Frying Nemo", "Rock and Sole" and "Jack the Chipper".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2012/jan/15/chip-shop-names-my-cod |title=Chip shops: oh my cod, the plaices I've seen |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 January 2012 |access-date=2 June 2013 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A 'traditional' fish and chip shop is opening in Swansea's Wind Street |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/jack-murphys-gaming-bar-chippy-23265358 |access-date=30 June 2022 |website=Wales Online}}</ref> The numerous competitions and awards for "best fish-and-chip shop"<ref name="seafish1">{{Cite web|url=https://seafish.org/promoting-seafood|title=Promoting Seafood|website=Seafish}}</ref> testify to the recognised status of this type of outlet in [[popular culture]].<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4670504.stm|title=Couple scoop best chip shop award|access-date=4 January 2007|work=[[BBC News]] | date=1 February 2006}}</ref>

[[File:Yaiza Playa Blanca - Avenida Papagayo 07 ies.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Establishment abroad catering to holiday-makers (sign in [[Lanzarote]], Spain)]]
Fish and chips is a popular lunch meal eaten by families travelling to seaside resorts for day trips who do not bring their own [[picnic]] meals.

Fish-and-chip outlets sell roughly 25% of all the [[Whitefish (fisheries term)|white fish]] consumed in the United Kingdom, and 10% of all [[potatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bartonsfishandchips.co.uk/FishAndChipFacts.aspx |title=Fish and Chip Facts |access-date=30 January 2012 |website=Barton's Fish and Chips |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130032436/http://bartonsfishandchips.co.uk/FishAndChipFacts.aspx |archive-date=30 January 2012 }}</ref>

Fish-and-chip shops traditionally wrapped their product in newspaper, or with an inner layer of white paper (for hygiene) and an outer layer of newspaper or blank [[newsprint]] (for insulation and to absorb grease), though the use of newspaper for wrapping has almost ceased on grounds of hygiene. {{As of|2007|alt= Nowadays}}, establishments usually use food-quality wrapping paper, or recyclable cardboard boxes.

The British [[National Federation of Fish Friers]] was founded in 1913. It promotes fish and chips and offers training courses. It has about 8,500 members from around the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/|title=NFFF home page|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>

A previous world record for the "largest serving of fish and chips" was held by Gadaleto's Seafood Market in New Paltz, New York.<ref>Guinness World Record Claim ID# 45775</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gadaletos.com |title=Hudson Valleys Freshest Seafood and Lobster, retail market, restaurant |publisher=Gadaletos.com |date=16 April 2013 |access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> This 2004 record was broken by [[Yorkshire]] [[pub]] Wensleydale Heifer in July 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14003627 |title=Giant fish and chip supper breaks world record |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2 July 2011 |access-date=16 July 2013}}</ref> An attempt to break this record was made by [[Doncaster]] fish and chip shop Scawsby Fisheries in August 2012, which served {{cvt|33|lb|kg|order=flip}} of battered cod alongside {{cvt|64|lb|kg|order=flip}} of chips.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-19412343|title=Cod and chips world record battered in Doncaster|access-date=29 August 2012|work=[[BBC News]] | date=29 August 2012}}</ref> Current record is held by Resorts World Birmingham which served a fish and chips weighing {{cvt|54.99|kg|lboz}} from a {{convert|27.83|kg|lboz|adj=on}} raw filet of halibut on 9 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-serving-of-fish-and-chips|title=Largest serving of fish and chips|website=Guinness World Records|date=9 February 2018|access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref>